sometimes

[mimesere]

there are only three words that really convey my feelings about certain situations that seem to be happening with distressing frequency of late in Fandom At Large. I present those words to you all today.

Damn, white people.

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[gloss]

*hug?*

[rawumber.livejournal.com]

Sorry?

Though at moments like these I tend to cling to my great grandparents but no, raised as white as they come no matter who snuck in the family tree.

What did we do now?

[naomichana.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

[copernica3.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was waiting on a bus stop in Brooklyn once when this admittedly beautiful 16ish african-american girl with serious curves and a Ronan-like collection of waist-length dreads, stared me up and down and commented to a minion, "Damn, white people can just be so....UGLY!". All while maintaining eye contact with me.
I had just worked all day after going in with a mild hangover thanks to a concert the night before. I was so tired and felt every inch of how horrible looking she thought I was. But she was such a *child* and so obviously trying her bitty best to start shit, I just rolled my eyes and ignored her and she wandered off looking mildly disappointed. I wondered for a while why she wanted to start a fight with me of all people, a pale pudgy redhead who looks as threatening as a stuffed bunny rabbit. In retrospect- she wasn't. I think she may have wanted me to start crying. Bitch or not, at least I think she knew what she was doing!
No matter what color you are, all this is just the same shit, different day, and that shit is just drama queen posturing. I just don't get it.

[coniraya.livejournal.com]

Damn, white people.
I'm right there with you, especially after reading the comments and figuring out what happened.
The phrase "I'm just not attracted to people with darker skin/asians/jewish people etc." is such a racist bullshit phrase. Then they try and cover up the racism by saying "It's just like saying I'm not attracted to redheads/short people etc. It's just a preference."
No it's not what it is is a fucked up racist attitude, where was the holocaust of short people where were the lynchings of redheads huh?
Whether you realize it or not (and you should fucking realize it) it's a racist fucking attitude that's been informed by the racist attitude of society at large. Deal with that shit and realize that if you say something like that any people of color or people with sense that hear it are going to label you racist. Own that shit.
Also I don't wanna start shit in your journal otherwise you know there's some shit I would have said in response to one of the comments.

[donella.livejournal.com]

Er...what'd I do?

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

I am out of the loop. But sorry the white people are being dumb again. We have a tendency to do that. *hug*